EARLY LEARNING CENTRE LEARNING

EXPERIENCE
Student Name: Sara Fernandes Date: Thursday November 3, 2016
Age Group: 4-5 years old

Purpose: Purpose:
Reason for I chose to do the activity Charades because the children
developing are working literacy and enhancing vocabulary. I believe
learning this activity would provides a good basis in learning new
experience. words by acting out the words.
This could be in
response to an
observation, It appeared that the children were making the activity
discussion with into a competition and it appeared the children were
the site really excited to get to the front of the classroom to act
supervisor, out the various words.
Ontario I heard the children say various different words in an
Curriculum effort to guess what the word on the card was such as
Objective, etc. jumping, cars or trees to name a few. One child was
Observation acting out the word Leg and was acting out the word by
- Document what jumping on one foot and saying that the word was really
you saw and hard.
heard I saw on the childrens faces of what appears to be
- Document non-
happiness when they got the word right.
verbal
communicati
on (i.e., body
language,
facial
expressions
and voice
tone)
- Document in
detail: who,
what, where,
and when
- Documentation
 should be I hope for the children to come out of this experience by
written in increasing their vocabulary skills by acting out the
past tense, information. I believe having a visual of what a word is
objective,
will help children remember words and hopefully use
and in
anecdotal them in their day to day lives.
format
OR
Discussion
Document the
discussion
between you
and your site
supervisor that
led to the
planning
OR
Curriculum
Objective
Describe the
curriculum
objective
youre aiming
to
meet/enhance
through this
experience
Learning Charades
Experience
What are you I am planning on having the children sit on the carpet. I
planning in will ask the children if they know what charades is, then I
response to will get one child to come up to the front and to act out
your purpose? the word I will present to them, and if they do not know
- Label your what the word is, I will whisper it to them. The first child
experience to get the word that the child in the front is acting out;
(e.g. Painting they will go to the front and act out the next word.
with cars).
The activity I will be doing with the children is charades.
- What are your
3 objectives This activity provides children with the opportunity to
for this learn different words while acting out the words on the
experience? cards. In ELECT 4.5, the children have the opportunity to
(i.e. What observe and draw conclusions to the word they believe
 interests are the child in the front is acting out. For the child in the
you front they are working on their vocabulary. I chose words
extending? that I know the children will know but may not know how
What
to read them (ELECT 3.2)
strengths and
opportunities
for growth
are you
enhancing/su
pporting?)
Please Note:
You should
refer to
appropriate
pedagogy to
support your
discussion
around All the children in the classroom can be involved. The
strengths experience will take place indoors.
and This activity will take place indoors during the free play
opportunities period in front of the classroom.
for growth The materials:
(e.g. ELECT, - Index cards with simple words
How Does I will get the children to sit at the carpet if they feel like
Learning taking part in the activity.
Happen, I will ask the children who knows what charades is.
Ontario FDK Then I will get the child who knows what charades is to
Curriculum, come up first to act out the first word. Or if no ones
etc). knows I will get a child who volunteers.
I will get the child to act out the word; I may have to
Describe the whisper the word to the child. I will have the children
experience: delegate over who can chose the different children to
- Who will be chose an answer.
involved in
Invitation: I can invite children to join the activity. Ideally
the
experience? having 8-12 children take part in the activity would
- Where will the ensure the best success for the activity but I know not all
experience children would want to take part.
take place? Telling, Explaining, And Informing: I will explain the
(e.g. Indoors activity, or I will have a child explain the activity.
or outdoors? I believe these two strategies encourage the children to
In the
explore the activity on their own and make their own
 dramatic observations and inquire about the game without my
centre, the input; I want them to make the game their own.
creative
table, etc).
- List the
materials and
resources
you will use
- Describe the
implementati
on of the
experience,
with a step
by step
description
- List and
describe 2
teaching
strategies.
How will you
use them?
Why have
you chosen
these
strategies?
Reflection:
- What went
well? Provide
examples for
how you
know it went
well.
- What didnt go
well? Provide
examples for
how you
know it didnt
go well.
- What did you
learn?
- What might
you do
differently
next time you
implement
this same
 experience
and why?
- Did you have to
make any
adaptations
or
modifications
? If so, what
were they?
- What type of
experience
might you
plan to
extend on
this one?
Field Supervisor Feedback:

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